Green Hills-Midtown Community Plan

This Community Plan was previously updated using older policy categories that are no longer in use. In April 2014, the Metro Planning Commission approved a translation of each of the older policies to their corresponding new policy in the Community Character Manual (CCM).

After accepting the disclaimer, expand the “Layers” box to check the “Land Use Policy,” “Adopted Special Policy Areas,” and “Conservation” layers so that you can see any sensitive environmental features.

This Community Plan document is currently being edited. Through summer and fall 2014, Planning staff will be working with communities as part of NashvilleNext to decide future areas of growth and preservation and update policies within each Community Plan as needed.

All of our community plans are living documents; we're constantly working on updates, refinements, and clarifications.

Transportation Plan

A transportation plan was prepared by a resource team of planners, residents, consultants, business owners, and community leaders and adopted in 2014 to address the Green Hills area’s mobility needs. It outlines opportunities to improve walking and biking conditions for all people, complete street connections, align intersections, and improve mass transit to the area. Planners will utilize the transportation plan as redevelopment occurs to guide infrastructure improvements. Metro will also consider the transportation plan in developing projects as part of the Capital Budget and Planning program.

Please contact Michael Briggs, (615) 862-7219, for more information on the Green Hills Area Transportation Plan.

Urban Design Overlays (UDOs)

Green Hills / Midtown is home to 7 Urban Design Overlays, the most in any of our fourteen communities. An Urban Design Overlay, or UDO, is a zoning tool that requires specific design standards for development in a designated area. A UDO is used to either protect the pre-existing character of the area or to create a character that would not otherwise be ensured by the development standards in the base zoning district. UDOs overlay the current base zoning and allow for development standards above and beyond those in the base zoning.